Police investigating homicide at Greensboro apartment complex

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Greensboro Police are investigating a homicide at Paces Village Apartments on North Elm Street.

When investigators got to the scene they found 55-year-old Richard Calvin Gordon Jr. dead in the breezeway of his apartment in building 16.

Investigators say one of Gordon’s neighbors was the one to find him and call 911.

“That’s one thing I know about this particular complex is that the neighbors tend to take care of and watch out for one another and I think that’s how this neighbor came upon the subject,” said Captain Mike Richey, with the Greensboro Police Department.

Renters were shocked to come home and see cop cars and then hear about what happened.

“I have a wife and two little kids so you know, I have to be on high alert,” said Anthony Johnson, who’s lived in the Paces Apartments for four years.

Police haven’t made any arrests and say it’s too early in the investigation to tell if Gordon was targeted or if this was random. Police did say Gordon lived alone.

Investigators who received the medical examiner’s report said the victim’s cause of death was a gunshot wound.

Information on a suspect or motive has not been released. The investigation is ongoing.

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Marie

I live in Paces, across from building 16. It’s always been really quiet around here. The afternoon this happened I was walking my dog a few yards from the building about 20 minutes before the 911 call went in. I saw/heard nothing. It’s really bizarre.